a shallow dish
I have made another piece of 3-d felt, this time a shallow dish,
John took these for me, you can tell, can’t you!
on my previous post regarding the pot, I have been asked how I made it, well the secret for both of these two comes from Sweden! Yep, Ikea!!
I used these! For the pot I used the clear beaker. I just wrapped and layered the merino rovings with a mixture of hot water and soap until I got to a thickness I was happy with and then I slid it off and finished the inside as well as the outer side. It worked really nicely, so I decided to try with a bowl!
This time I laid it in the inside of the bowl, and repeated the process. I worked on the inside, then took it out, put it onto the outside of the bowl, and worked on the outside. The dish is very very soft, and very shallow, but it is a start!
And as John took one of the pot, here that is as well!
mmmm soft : )
6th April 2007 @ 8:31 am
I love it when utility and beauty come together and that bowl is the perfect example.
Now if I could only take a photo as great as John’s of a certain felt corsage, I’d be happy!
6th April 2007 @ 7:20 pm
What a lovely bowl, the colours are fantastic.
7th April 2007 @ 10:09 am
The shades of blue are wonderful and the photo shows every fibre
7th April 2007 @ 4:34 pm
I love the shallow dish,the color it´s amazing. I´ve been fascinated with your work, with mixture of colors and textures that you give to wooll.Congratulations
7th April 2007 @ 8:01 pm
The bowl is really gorgeous – love that deep rich blue shot through with the white – like jet streams in a summer sky – wonderful. Good luck with your exhibition tomorrow.
12th April 2007 @ 7:14 am
Congratulations, these two felted vessels are great. I wonder if you had the same problem I did on my first vessel. I made a long dish, a bit over ambitious for the first time really, but because it was so soft it didn’t keep it’s shape very well. I was given the tip of spraying with starch. I remodelled it and starched whilst wet and hey presto it is still in shape 6 months later.